Female wheelchair race winner: Tatyana McFadden, 27, USA, 1:47:43.Was his sixth consecutive win in an Abbott World Marathon Majors scored race, which is unprecedented for a male wheelchair athlete.Won the race by sixth hundredths of a second over Australia’s Kurt Fearnley.Male wheelchair race winner: Marcel Hug, 30, SUI, 1:35:49.10th New York City Marathon victory for a Kenyan woman.Third consecutive victory first to win three straight titles since Grete Waitz won five straight from 1982-1986.Female open race winner: Mary Keitany, 34, KEN, 2:24:26.Winning time was fastest marathon on American soil in 2016.At 20 years, 358 days, was the youngest male runner to have ever won the New York City Marathon.Male open race winner: Ghirmay Ghebreslassie 20, ERI, 2:07:51.RELATED: Top 20 Finishers at the 2016 NYC Marathon Winners Oldest female runner: Bertha McGruder, 88, New York, 7:30:15.Oldest male runner: Richard Gonzalez, 84, Louisiana, 7:18:47 (second year as oldest male finisher).50 states and the District of Columbia represented.Final official results will be released later this month. Note: All finisher numbers and results are unofficial pending race results review. The previous mark for the world’s largest marathon was the 2014 New York City Marathon with 50,530 finishers.īelow are some highlights and statistical information from the 2016 race, and here’s how to sign up for the 2017 race. There were a record 51,388 finishers at the 2016 New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 6, making it the largest marathon in the world in history, announced today by New York Road Runners.
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